Cecily Parsleys
Nursery Rhymes
BY
BET^TRIX POTTER
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Though Haltered b\'
imitators galore Miss
Potter s work stands
supreme. Her many pic-
lure stories should be
among the first Looks
owned dv children.
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CECILY PARSLEY'S
NURSERY RHYMES
FOR LITTLE PETER
IN NEW ZEALAND
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CECILY PARSLEY'S
NURSERY RHYMES
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.
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NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., Ltd.
[All rights reserved^
Copyright, 1922,
Frederick' W a TEC' & Co., Ltd.
"tHE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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QECILY parsley lived
in a pen,
And brewed good ale for
gentlemen ;
n
QENTLEMEN came every
day,
Till Cecily Parsley ran away.
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18
r^OOSEY, goosey, gander,
Whither will you wander?
Upstairs and downstairs.
And in my lady's cham-
ber!
19
T^HIS pig went to market;
This pig stayed at home ;
20
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24
T^HIS pig had a bit of meat;
25
A ND this pig had none;
26
27
T^HIS little pig cried
Wee! wee! wee!
I can't find my way home.
34
35
38
pUSSY-CAT sits by the
fire;
How should she be fair?
In walks the Httle dog,
Says 'Tussy ! are you there?"
39
42
I_JOW do you do, Mistress
Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how do you
do?"
"I thank you kindly, little dog,
I fare as well as you!''
43
T^HREE blind mice, three
blind mice,
See how they run !
They all run after the farmer's
wife,
And she cut off their tails with
a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a thing
in your life
As three blind mice!
44
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48
pjOW, wow, wow!
Whose dog art thou?
'Tm Httle Tom Tinker's dog,
Bow, wow, wow!"
49
Vy E have a little garden,
A garden of our own,
And every day we water there
The seeds that we have
sown.
50
51
\SJE love our little garden,
And tend it with such care,
You will not find a faded leaf
Or bHghted blossom there.
54
55
58
KTINNY NANNY NETTL
COAT,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose, —
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
59
CENTRAL CIRCULATION
CHILDREN'S ROOM ^
THE
PtTER RABBlf ;B00KS
• FIRST SflRiE.3 .
Peter rabbit
squirrel nutkin
tailor of gloucester
Benjamin Bunny
TWO Bad mice
M«stiggy-wsnkle
m5 ^»er£mv fi3her
TOM KrTTEN
JEMIMA PUDDLE-DUCK
THE FLOPSY BUNNIES
M»_s TITTLE MOUSE
T!MN!Y TIPTOES
LOPE
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THE ORIGINAL
Peter Rabbit Books
By BEATRIX POTTER
A LIST OF THE TITLES
EACH 85<
TheTaleof Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Benjamin Bunnv
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Talc of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemous<
The Tale of Timmy Tiptces
The Tale of Mr. Tod '
The Tale of Pigling Bland
The Roly Poly Pudding
The Pie and the Patty-pan
Ginger and Pickles i
Published by
FREDERICK WARNE & CO.. INC.
i^s
Peter Rabbit Books in French
EACH 85<
Pierre Lapin (Peter Rabbit)
Jeannot Lapin (Benjamin Bunny)
EACH 75f^
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet
EACH 60< I c
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